Alarmed by the impact of “crumbling” Middle Eastern nations on Europe and the United States, and convinced that the devolving situation demands an affirmation of common civilization by those threatened, 150 participants from the United States, Israel, Europe and New Zealand spent two days reviewing the growing gap that distinguishes those committed to freedom, the rule of law and private property rights and relating the common challenges to the Middle East and the bases of the US-Israel relationship.Unlike many of the plethora of conferences held in the capital, the Jerusalem Leaders Summit met for two days with an eye toward taking the sessions back to Washington in order to distribute their content through targeted marketing to people and institutions…
- The International Leaders Summit event offered brainstorming and networking opportunities for individuals and institutions who share the aim of advancing the cause of liberty. The overarching message, as urged by proven reformers such as Estonia’s Prime Minister Mart Laar and New Zealand’s Cabinet Minister Maurice McTigue and advocated by policymakers and analysts from the US and Europe, was that free market reforms are not merely possible. They are essential in an age when, although Communism is vanquished institutionally, the Marxist instincts and coercive powers of “big government” remain immense.